1st of career. Not that I expect a lot of picks from LB's, but he does not get deflections either and is consistently beat in coverage. He is a great run stopping linebacker, not so good in coverage.

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None of that, regardless of truth, was pointed out by Mayo's interception.

Also, Patrick Willis has a total of 5 interceptions in his career, has had 2 seasons without an interception and has 2 seasons with just 1 interception. The notion that your ILB is expected to be an interception machine is fallacious.

None of that, regardless of truth, was pointed out by Mayo's interception.

Also, Patrick Willis has a total of 5 interceptions in his career, has had 2 seasons without an interception and has 2 seasons with just 1 interception. The notion that your ILB is expected to be an interception machine is fallacious.

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The fact that it was his first career pick shows that he hasn't had any others. The play it self was very good, great catch. I never said he is supposed to pick a lot of balls, but I do expect him to defend a lot of balls and make tackles on third downs in front of the first down markers. He does not do that enough IMO. As far as Patrick Willis, he is the best in the game and has 80% more interceptions then Mayo. He makes plays in front of the sticks and consistantly defends passes, making them more difficult for the QB. Mayo is simply not great in coverage. I don't know why that is off base.

The fact that it was his first career pick shows that he hasn't had any others. The play it self was very good, great catch. I never said he is supposed to pick a lot of balls, but I do expect him to defend a lot of balls and make tackles on third downs in front of the first down markers. He does not do that enough IMO. As far as Patrick Willis, he is the best in the game and has 80% more interceptions then Mayo. He makes plays in front of the sticks and consistantly defends passes, making them more difficult for the QB. Mayo is simply not great in coverage. I don't know why that is off base.

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You took the opportunity of the interception to go on a barely tangential attack against the player. That's fine, but don't pretend that the interception somehow pointed out a coverage problem, because it didn't.

And that percentage argument is terrible, as I'm sure you realized the moment you hit "submit reply".

You took the opportunity of the interception to go on a barely tangential attack against the player. That's fine, but don't pretend that the interception somehow pointed out a coverage problem, because it didn't.

And that percentage argument is terrible, as I'm sure you realized the moment you hit "submit reply".

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As I said, the interception was a very good play. The fact that it was the first of his 4 year career is evidence that coverage is part of his game that needs to be improved. No need to get nasty big guy.

As I said, the interception was a very good play. The fact that it was the first of his 4 year career is evidence that coverage is part of his game that needs to be improved. No need to get nasty big guy.

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Nothing I said was nasty, and the fact of the number of INTs means nothing. Again, Willis, currently considered the best ILB in the game, has only 5 career INTs.

You wanted to bash Mayo, and that's fine for you. You just chose a poor foundation for the bashing. The INT argument is garbage.

Nothing I said was nasty, and the fact of the number of INTs means nothing. Again, Willis, currently considered the best ILB in the game, has only 5 career INTs.

You wanted to bash Mayo, and that's fine for you. You just chose a poor foundation for the bashing. The INT argument is garbage.

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The INT number is simply a small bit of evidence. The basis of my bashing is that he does not challenge passes as often as I would like and he does not make tackles on third down plays in front of the sticks often either. Certainly not as much as Willis, although to be fair Willis is the best in the game.

You took the opportunity of the interception to go on a barely tangential attack against the player. That's fine, but don't pretend that the interception somehow pointed out a coverage problem, because it didn't.

And that percentage argument is terrible, as I'm sure you realized the moment you hit "submit reply".

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while it is true that Brettlax used the original post to "go on a barely tangential attack" on Mayo, the same can be said about your post in response to Brettlax's. how in god's earth does the fact that Patrick Willis only has 5 interceptions have ANYTHING to do with Mayo's ability. Who on earth made Patrick the be all end all of linebackers? How does interceptions by another player have anything to do with Mayo? so to spew what you did about the attack by Brettlax and then do what you did makes no sense

Brettlax was merely indicating what I think most people see, which is that Mayo does have the ability to make tackles, but his ability to cover another player is sub-par. i call mayo's tackles "Mayo Specials." That being, the player Mayo is guarding makes the catch, then Mayo makes the tackle and then everyone starts talking about how good mayo is because he makes all the tackles.

obviously, the interception does not indicate a problem of our coverage, but the 1 interception indicates how mayo does not have the interceptions.